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Thunder from the East : portrait of a rising Asia / Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.
LIBRA - Special DS5 .K66 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kristof, Nicholas D., 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asia.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- x, 377 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2000]
- Contents:
- Map of Asia xii
- Part 1 The Ghost of Asia Past
- Chapter 1 Search for the Sorcerer 3
- Chapter 2 Why We Speak English 25
- Chapter 3 Building Empires 49
- Chapter 4 Bellyache in Japan 69
- Chapter 5 The Blood Baht Spreads 91
- Part 2 Rebuilding Asia
- Chapter 6 Brutal Drive 113
- Chapter 7 Reinventing Lives 143
- Chapter 8 For Shame 163
- Chapter 9 A Land Where Robots Roam 193
- Part 3 Clouds on the Horizon
- Chapter 10 Prisoners of History 227
- Chapter 11 My Country, Right or Wrong 251
- Chapter 12 From the Back of the House 267
- Chapter 13 The Filthy Earth 291
- Chapter 14 Tryst with Destiny 315.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [353]-360) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0375403256
- OCLC:
- 45087496
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